Happy Easter And An Announcement

     First I would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter. We had a wonderful day with family and had way too much to eat! I realize I haven't posted much lately but that just means my creativity is exploding, lol. I have been taking a short break from my papercrafting to do some sewing creations for my grand daughters American Girl dolls. I have found a wonderful company online called Liberty Jane patterns, and, oh my are these dolls styling!! I will definitely be using my Cricuts in order to style them up so, be on the lookout because I am just about ready to share them.
     Of course I have to share a project with you so I thought since it is Easter that I would share a card I made a while ago using my copic markers.

     Although I was pretty satisfied when I first completed this, now I will definitely do more since I am a certified Copic designer and have learned a lot more about shading, blending and highlights. I love this stamp so much probably because it seems to be more versatile so that it could also be used for sympathy or thinking of you. I also like the background paper since it has a wonderful sheen to it.
     Now on to my big announcement. I submitted my application to be considered for a position on the newly formed CricutDiva Design Team and, I am please to announce I am now officially a Cricut Diva. Okay, so you all know I would love to think of myself a Diva, lol. Be sure to head over to the
CricutDiva Blog  and follow us as we seek to inspire and share our Cricut projects with you.
     Have a wonderful week and God Bless all of you.

Thinking Of You

     Hi you happy crafters you!!! Today Erica's Design Team was asked to create a Thinking Of You card. I had some stamped images I had done a while ago and hit a creative block. Nothing, no mojo at all. So when I signed up for this day at My Cricut Craft Room, I decided it was time to do something with this.
     I started with the "Snowy Park" stamp by Penny Black and used Tim Holtz distress markers to color the background. Before I stamped the image on watercolor paper, I spritzed it first with some water for a muted effect.

        It is hard to see in this photo but I used some flower soft at the bottom of the picture to add some texture. Now I wanted to add a frame, but how? Well it was time to use CDS.

     I found a card base with a rectangle aperture on Beyond Birthdays cartridge. You can find this on the card feature and it is the 1st button on the left.In order to fit my image, I sized it @ 7.798 x 5.37". This was a nice size card, however, I only needed the front part for the frame. So, I used the design Studio, flipped the design and then moved it off the mat for the part I did not need. This cut perfectly and was just the right size!

     I wanted to really bring out the wood features of the stamped image so I used the branches embossing folder for the Cuttlebug. I inked the folder with Frayed Burlap before I embossed the frame to get this really cool look. I also added a clear plastic so the picture would really look framed. The sentiment was a rub on and went so nicely with the overall look I was trying to achieve. It also was a great way to keep the flower soft intact.

     Speaking of Flower Soft, thanks to Erica for sending me some. You can buy the products I used here in Erica's Store.

     I used the My Favorite Things rub on to add the greeting on the inside.

     I hope you have enjoyed this project and hope you will head back over to My Cricut Craft Room and see what the rest of the Team has to show you.Your almost over Hump Day  (the week end starts in 2 more days, Whoot!!!).

  

Praying Hands

   Sometimes we just need to take a step back and take a moment for reflection. I had bought this stamp a while ago and finally got up the nerve to try my copic markers (they are alcohol based) so I needed to practice a bit. I really love the texture of this paper too. It's from a spring pad I got on sale at Walmart and it is awesome to work with. It has a really nice sheen to it as well. The gradient jewels came from creative charms and they were in the boy set but they went perfect with this project. I think with the holidays coming I might keep this card in front of me to remind me to breathe!